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A Shattered Collection of My Best Memories: An Immediate Solution Thanks to Stellar Photo Recovery

Who doesn’t love creating new memories and saving them as photos on a smartphone, PC, or any other digital media? While many of us share some on social media, we keep the most precious and private ones to ourselves. Sadly, my hard drive of photos became corrupted, which held images…

Adobe Acrobat Pro is the ultimate solution for increased productivity

Disclosure: Our team is always looking for things we think our readers will value. We have received compensation for publishing this article. Despite our many technological advances today, we still sit with situations where we open several apps for a task. You use one to compile a document, another one…

GOM Mix Max’s Big Launch

GOM & Company is releasing its newest video editing software, GOM Mix Max, with a big launch celebration. Focused on balancing high-quality and plentiful features, GOM Mix Max will be a powerful tool for new editors and veterans alike. Users who sign up now can get GOM Mix Max for free for…

US Govt Bill Would Ban Huawei And ZTE Mobile Phones
Bill introduced following security concerns around Chinese companies’ possible links with government. Texas Representative Mike Conaway has introduced the Defending U.S. Government Communications Act, following fears around potential security risks posed by the alleged ties between Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE and their government. Following some very severe cybersecurity crises in... Read more
Movavi Photo Editor Proves There’s More To Life Than Photoshop
We review Movavi Photo Editor 5.1.0 –  get creative with this fun, smart, and simple image editing program, that offers a stack of great features. By next year, market forecasts predict there will be about 2.5 billion daily smartphone users on the planet, which means 2.5 billion people carrying a... Read more
Top Tech Execs Limit Kids’ Screen Time
Apple CEO Tim Cook and Microsoft founder Bill Gates raise concerns on youngters’ use of tech and social media It’s not hard to imagine the rosy picture of having an ultra-wealthy tech innovator for a parent, but a new report says that life as the offspring of a top... Read more
Ford The Latest To Enter EV Auto Race
Car maker to boost investment in electric cars to $11bn by 2022. Some high-profile names have committed to venturing in to the electric vehicle space, everyone from Google to Apple to GM and more. Now, Ford Motor Company, arguably one of the grandfathers of the transportation industry, has announced... Read more
Children’s Apps Found To Be Filled With Porn Malware
Malware displaying pornographic ads discovered in game apps on Google Play. Be careful what you download, especially if you’re planning to hand it off to an impressionable young user. A new finding of content in the Google Play Store includes around 60 children’s apps that are filled with malware.... Read more
Half Million Users Infected By Harmful Chrome Extensions
Click-fraud browser extensions pulled from Google’s Chrome Web Store. In much the same way that smartphone apps help you personalize your device to your own specifications for productivity and enjoyment, browser extensions help you use the internet with your own key personalizations. These extensions are typically downloaded from the... Read more
Police Accidentally Give Out Malware Infected Devices
Taiwanese police give infected USB drives to cyber-security quiz winners. In today’s ironic news, Taiwanese law enforcement officials hosted a contest to test citizens’ knowledge of cybersecurity issues in an effort to raise awareness of the crime, then awarded participation prizes that contained malware infections. As many as 54 of... Read more
Upping Campus Transport With Electric Scooter Shares
Auburn University starts new share program with URB-E electric scooters. Today’s college-bound student faces obstacles that no other generation in history may have faced. Tuition costs alone make up the bulk of those issues, with US tuition costs rising by more than 1000% since their grandparents were in school. Textbook costs... Read more
Lenovo Settles Over FTC Charges Of Spying Software
Computer manufacturer Lenovo, has agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that it harmed consumers by pre-loading software on some laptops that compromised security protections in order to deliver ads to consumers. If you’re considering a laptop purchase, now might be the time to take a look at Lenovo.... Read more
New Mesh Wifi Router Hijacks Your Devices
First Alert mesh router that hijacks every connected device with smoke alarm warnings. Ordinarily, finding out a new product can take over your household devices and alter their screens would send people running in the opposite direction, but this new mesh wifi router from First Alert may actually lure... Read more
SpaceX Delivers “Secret” Satellite… Or Not?
Launch leaves conspiracy theorists and tech watchers scratching their heads. Elon Musk’s privatized space flight program is up and running, and has a full launch schedule to show for it. But this latest launch which carried a top-secret satellite payload for the US government has conspiracy theorists and tech... Read more
The Responsibility Of #Complicit Social Media
Latest projection protest involves the #complicit hashtag and Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey. There has been a lot of talk in recent months about news outlets, social media responsibility, and online speech. “Fake news” is the insult du jour for any reports that go against one’s views, while... Read more
Backup4all Professional, the award-winning backup software
We review Backup4all Professional – an award-winning backup program for Windows that has been installed and used on the International Space Station! One of the most significant cybersecurity threats right now is ransomware, namely because it’s fairly easy to pull off (or at least trick the victim into thinking... Read more
Line Lets You Take Back That Text Message
Line app adds unsend for recalling missent messages. When the Drunk Mode app was launched, it was nothing short of remarkable. As it turns out, getting drunk and performing a pseudo-striptease at the office Christmas party is NOT the worst thing you can do… sending your jerk of a... Read more
Your AV Might Be Spying On You
Report shows why using a quality antivirus is vital. The past year has seen hacking events and accusations of unheard of proportions, everything from possible interference in foreign elections to hacking the CIA. It was a year in which Kaspersky Lab came under a lot of attack, even to... Read more
Facebook Complies With Orders To Shut Anti-Israel Accounts
Facebook concedes to demands from Israeli government, say Al-Jazeera.  The term “fake news” has been tossed around by so many different sources that it’s almost become laughable, if not a downright badge of honor. It’s basically become the go-to insult for any news you don’t like, or simply refuse to... Read more
New Findings On Dangerous Cell Phone Radiation
Don’t keep cell phones next to your body, warns California Health Department. You might have thought this old theory was debunked some time ago, but the truth is, the jury is still out on the hazards of prolonged proximity to your cell phone. When mobile devices first became a... Read more
WannaCry Blamed On North Korea
US and UK governments say North Korea was responsible for the global WannaCry malware attack. While multiple sources have long called the attack the work of state-sponsored North Korean operatives, the US and UK–reportedly along with several other countries–are now formally declaring that responsibility for the attack rests on... Read more